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Chesney Hawkes: ‘As my dad once said, don’t believe the hype’


The singer, 54, talks about being back in leafy Surrey after years in LA, the secrets of a happy marriage and the hysteria of fame

My dad, Chip, was a musician; my mum, Carol [Dilworth], was an actor and gameshow hostess. Growing up with guitars propped in every corner – and a little recording studio – of the house meant that my brother, sister and I were never going to become accountants. I’ve been living in the desert of LA for the past 12 years, but we’re now in leafy Surrey, near where I grew up.

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